Rob,

The purpose of the animation is to allow you to pick the frame you want.

You don't have to run an animation. You could set up the materials like seachnasaigh posted and just search the folder for the image you want that is closest to what you are trying to achieve. It might take trial and error, where you could just go frame by frame with the animation and it's already set up. No going back and forth between the pose room and material room.

If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.